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Rakuten

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Rakuten, Inc. (JASDAQ: 4755), is one of the world’s leading Internet service companies, providing a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, e-book, portal & media, online marketing and professional sports. Rakuten is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe and North America. Founded in 1997, Rakuten is headquartered in Tokyo, with over 10,000 employees worldwide.

Recent Milestones

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  Rakuten invested in Daily Grommet. (9/17/12)
  Posted 9/17/12 at 7:26pm via finsmes.com
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  Rakuten invested in Pinterest. (5/17/12)
  Posted 5/17/12 at 4:48am via indiatimes.com
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  Rakuten invested in AHAlife.com. (4/26/12)
  Posted 4/26/12 at 6:47pm via techcrunch.com
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  Rakuten acquired Kobo for $315M. (11/8/11)
  Posted 11/8/11 at 7:22pm via techcrunch.com
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  Rakuten acquired Play.com for $39.1M. (9/21/11)
  Posted 9/21/11 at 1:23am via techcrunch.com
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  Rakuten invested in OZON.ru. (9/8/11)
  Posted 9/8/11 at 7:15pm via finsmes.com
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  Rakuten acquired Tradoria. (8/28/11)
  Posted 11/18/11 at 5:47am via penn-olson.com
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  Rakuten — Rakuten Acquires Tradoria in Germany (7/28/11)
  Posted 8/3/11 at 4:15am via businesswire.com
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  Rakuten acquired Ikeda. (6/7/11)
  Posted 6/7/11 at 5:48pm via techcrunch.com
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  Rakuten acquired PriceMinister for $260M. (6/17/10)
  Posted 6/17/10 at 6:28pm via techcrunch.com
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  Rakuten acquired Buy.com for $250M. (5/20/10)
  Posted 5/21/10 at 1:50am via techcrunch.com
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  Rakuten — RS Empowerment acquires a minority stake in Sourcenext Corp. (5/11/10)
  Posted 7/27/10 at 4:33am via alacrastore.com
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  Rakuten acquired eBank. (3/18/10)
  Posted 7/20/10 at 3:38am via nikkei.com
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  Rakuten acquired LinkShare for $425M. (9/1/05)
  Posted 9/4/07 at 3:00am via japan-dress.com
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  Rakuten added Hiroshi Mikitani as Chairman & CEO.
  Posted 6/27/09 at 4:08am
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  Rakuten added Atsushi Kunishige as Representative Director and Vice President Executive Officer.
  Posted 5/7/12 at 12:40am

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Screenshots

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Above: Rakuten Ichiba (Japanese version)
Uploaded: 5/17/12

Above: Rakuten Global Marketplace (International version)
Uploaded: 5/17/12

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Compete

Sources

1. Japanese E-Commerce Company Rakuten Buys E-Reading Platform Kobo For $315M In Cash (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Japan’s Rakuten Acquires UK E-commerce Site Play.com For $39.1 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Rakuten Acquires Tradoria in Germany (penn-olson.com) [edit]
4. Japanese Online Retail Giant Rakuten Buys Brazilian E-Commerce Company Ikeda (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Rakuten Buys PriceMinister, Enters The European E-Commerce Market With A $250M Bang (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Buy.com Gets Acquired By Japanese E-Commerce Giant Rakuten For $250 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Rakuten To Make eBank 100% Unit Via TOB (e.nikkei.com) [edit]
8. 服卸売 (japan-dress.com) [edit]
9. Daily Grommet Raises Series B Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
10. US start-up Pinterest raises $100 million in funding: Wall Street Journal (economictimes.indiatimes.com) [edit]
11. AHAlife Raises $10.1M To Curate And Sell Hard-To-Find, Luxury Products From Around The World (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. OZON.ru Completes $100M Funding Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
RS Empowerment acquires a minority stake in Sourcenext Corp (alacrastore.com) [edit]
Rakuten Acquires Tradoria in Germany (businesswire.com) [edit]